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A. 6L H. N. STEWART.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1915.

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ARCHIBALD-J'. STEWART 'AND HARRY N. STEWART, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

MITTEN.

Specication of Letters Patent.

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Application filed November 16, 1915. Serial No. 61,760.

To all lwhom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, ARCHIBALD J. STEW- an'r and HARRY N. STEWART, citizens of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented 'new and useful Improvements in Mittens, of which the following isl a specification.

This invention relates -to a mitten.

It is the object of this invention to provide a mitten which is especially adapted for use in protecting the hands when handling heated articles and which is especially applicable for use by bakers in handling baking pans, trays, and the like, and workmen in general in handling hot tools and implements.

Another object is to provide a mitten having heat insulating qualities, which is simple in construction and so designed as Vto econo mize material and labor in its manufacture so that a substantial mitten of this type can be produced at small cost.

A further object is to provide a mitten which is padded with a heat insulating or resisting material having a palm and thumb portion in which the adjacent faces of said portions are continuous and free from seams, thereby enabling the padding of the mitten at the juncture of the thumb and palm portions and at the same time increasing the wearing quality of the mitten at this point.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

he invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing the front of the mitten with portions broken away to illustrate the padded construction thereof.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rear portion of the mitten.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectionV of the mitten as seen on the line 3 8 of Fig. 1 Ain the direction indicated -by the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a detail in perspective ofthe thumb portion of the mitten showing how the material forming the palm portion of the mitten is continued to form the inner face of the thumb of the mitten without a seam. Y

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section through the thumb of the mitten as seen on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1 inthe direction indicated by the arrows. Y

Fig. 6 is a view in elevation lof the blank from which the palm and inner face of the thumb portion of the mitten is formed.l

Fig. 7 is a. View of the blank of the lining which is secured at its edges to the blank shown in Fig. 6 with which it corresponds.

Fig. 8 is a view of the blank of insulating material such as sheet asbestos or the like which is interposed .between the blanks shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

Fig. 9 is a view of the blank forming the back of the thumb portion.

F ig.` 10 is a View of the blankforming the back portion of the mitten which receives the finger tips.

In .carrying out the invention, a blank 11 is formed, shown in Fig. 6, of a suitable material preferably leather, which is .fashioned from a substantially rectangular sheet of material, one end of which is scalloped to forni an arcuate edge 12 which is flanked at each end with arcuate edges 13 adapted to be folded rearwardly and to be'secu'red to the edge 12 by stitching or the like, as shown in Fig. 2; the blank being designed to be folded alongl fold lines indicated by the dotted lines a and b in Fig. 6. The material extending between the fold lines a and 7) constitutes the palm portion lll of the mitten and the material extending bctween the fold lines a and Zi' and the longitudinal edges c and Z of the blank form the side portions 15 of the mitten, adapted to extend a short distance over the back of the hand and wrist. The blank 11 is formed with a downwardly extending substantially parabolic-shaped or U-shapen cut 16 forming a correspondingly shaped flap 17 which constitutes the inner face of the thumb portion 18 of the mitten.

The U-shaped cut 16 is arranged adjacent one of the side flaps 15 and is, enlarged at its terminals to formv eyelets or perforations 16 by which a suiiicient amount of the material is cut away at the base of the iap 17 to permit its being bent back toward the palm portion without buckling or drawing the Hap and palm portion out of shape.

A blank 19 of suitable material, prefere ably lea-ther, substantially corresponding in `outlincfto the blank 11, is provided to form thereon to conform to the thumb flap, an inout, and stitched at its edge along the edge ner lining member corresponding in shape of the latter.

to the palm portion and secured thereto at In testimony whereof We have signed our l0 its edges, having a flap stitched at its edges names to this specification.

' to the Hap of the palm portion7 and a blank stitched at its edges to the flaps extending ARCHIBALD J. STEWART. over the opening formed by the U-shaped HARRY N. STEWART.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. l 

